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Zusatztext "Quang X. Pham's memoir on parallel tracks-his life! and his family's! in Vietnam and then America-is a story of hardship! separation! and loss! but ultimately also of courage! loyalty! patriotism and achievement! an inspiring human story movingly told." --Lewis Sorley! Author of "A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam" "A Sense of Duty is a poignant story of two distant wars! service by father to South Vietnam and Marine son to the United States in the Persian Gulf! but ultimately it is a son's tribute to his father and a way of saying "thank you" to all in his father's generation who served honorably to defend freedom and whose story has yet to be told." --Larry Berman! author of No Peace! No Honor: Nixon! Kissinger and Betrayal in Vietnam In his singular memoir! Quang X. Pham examines a forgotten! unexplored tract of that purgatory of the American Dream known as Vietnam. His surprising account of family and war! sacrifice and redemption is essential for anyone who would seek to understand the legacy of that lost conflict and the generation-spanning turmoil to come in Iraq. Congratulations on a fine book. --David J. Morris! author of Storm on the Horizon:Khafji-The Battle that Changed the Course of the Gulf War Quang Pham's journey from refugee to Marine Corps Combat Aviator spanned two countries and two wars in search of honor and triumph. With A SENSE OF DUTY! Pham has achieved both: this tale of his and his father's wars is a testament to the heart! told with an aviator's stiff courage and clear vision. Insistently aware that war's passions extend their energies through generations--preserving the twisted genetic strands of both redemption and tragedy--this book marks the anniversary of our decade-spanning war in Vietnam while framing important questions about our second such war in Iraq. --Joel Turnipseed! Author of BAGHDAD EXPRESS "Quang Pham has written a superb account of the remarkable journey he and his family experienced. As someone who lived and fought with the South Vietnamese forces and witnessed Quang's outstanding service in the US Marine Corps! it was an exceptionally moving read. Everyone American should read this wonderful story to better appreciate the freedoms we enjoy." --General Anthony C. Zinni USMC (Retired) From the Hardcover edition. Informationen zum Autor QUANG X. PHAM served as a Marine helicopter pilot in the 1991 Gulf War and in Somalia. He has been an executive with QTC Medical Services and CEO of Lathian Systems, a company he founded. He is a popular public speaker and has appeared on numerous radio and television shows offering reflections on Vietnam. He lives in California with his wife, Shannon. Visit the author’s website at www.asenseofduty.com. Klappentext A memoir by a former Vietnamese refugee who became a U.S. Marine, Quang Pham's A Sense of Duty is an affecting story of fate, hope, and the aftermath of the most divisive war the United States has ever fought. This heartfelt salute to the spirit of America is also the account of the author's reunion with his long-absent father, Hoa Pham, himself a devoted officer who saw combat firsthand as a South Vietnamese fighter pilot. Hoa's revelations about his wartime experience leave Quang even more conflicted about his service in the Marines in the first Gulf War, and after years of struggling to reconnect with each other and the homeland they left behind, the two set out on a final, profound quest-to make sense of the war in Vietnam. Tracing Quang Pham's uniquely spirited yet agonizing journey from his experiences as an uprooted refugee to his becoming a combat aviator, A Sense of Duty reveals the turmoil of a family torn apart and reunited by the fortunes of war. It is an American journey like no other. Leseprobe FIRST FLIGHT <...
